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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show!

Best episode
S3E1 That's My Boy???
9.1589 votes
Worst episode
S1E28 The Bad Old Days
6.2350 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.7avg
Binge time
1d 15h
94 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 1 - That's My Boy???
    9.1/10(589 votes)

    S3:E1

    Rob recounts the day he became convinced that they brought home the wrong baby from the hospital.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 1 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
    9.0/10(541 votes)

    S5:E1

    A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episode 16 - The Curious Thing About Women
    8.9/10(537 votes)

    S1:E16

    Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 5 - All About Eavesdropping
    8.7/10(468 votes)

    S3:E5

    Rob and Laura overhear Jerry and Millie complaining about them on the kid’s walkie-talkies, which makes for a cold dinner party.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sheldon Keller

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  5. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 26 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
    8.7/10(370 votes)

    S5:E26

    The staff sends a script to Alan Brady without deleting the insults directed at the star that they routinely add to blow off steam.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Carl Kleinschmitt, Dale McRaven

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episode 15 - Where Did I Come From?
    8.5/10(442 votes)

    S1:E15

    Rob recalls the hilarious events leading up to Ritchie's birth when Ritchie asks the inevitable question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 30 - Long Night's Journey into Day
    8.5/10(413 votes)

    S5:E30

    Rob & Jerry go fishing leaving Laura (who has a cold) home alone with a mynah bird. Millie comes back to keep Laura company, Millie couldn't find Laura (She was taking a shower).

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  8. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 28 - October Eve
    8.4/10(400 votes)

    S3:E28

    Laura's past comes back to haunt her in form of painting that is at an art gallery.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

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  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 3 - Uhny Uftz
    8.3/10(455 votes)

    S5:E3

    Rob and Buddy are working late, and keep thinking they hear a metallic voice saying ""Uhny Uftz""! The explore a supposedly abandoned office somewhere in the building, and find a somewhat 'mad' inventor (complete with a taciturn and vaguely menacing assistant) who has constructed a toy flying saucer. It works quite well, except that, instead of saying ""Merry Christmas"" as the inventor intended, the saucer only says ""Uhny Uftz"".

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 17 - The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
    8.3/10(398 votes)

    S3:E17

    Rob meets Laura's old flame Joe Coogan at the country club, Rob tells Laura he met Joe and Laura thinks he looked in her shoebox where her pomes are kept. (The pomes are kept in the basement) What Laura doesn't know is the Sonnets give a clue as to what Joe does for a living. Laura & Millie play Golf with Father Joe Coogan. Laura invites Joe to dinner along with Buddy & Sally only to get a big shock.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 27 - The Man from My Uncle
    8.3/10(375 votes)

    S5:E27

    Ritchie's bedroom is used as a stakeout point (it has the best view) Harry Bond is looking for the nephew of Wendell Gerard, Rob loves the gadgets the agent brings to solve the case.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  12. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 7 - The Great Petrie Fortune
    8.3/10(373 votes)

    S5:E7

    After Rob and Laura finish watching a movie Uncle Hezekiah gives Rob and Laura clue as to what the fortune might be.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episode 2 - My Blonde-Haired Brunette
    8.1/10(534 votes)

    S1:E2

    Rob has only one day off from work and Laura is upset that Rob won't eat with her or do anything but sleep until 11am. Laura tells him he got about 7 seconds worth of sleep! (She set the clock ahead two hours!) Laura worries she is getting old (because of gray hair Rob found). In the office Rob tells Buddy and Sally the problem, but Rob has no idea what he and Laura fought over (She was crying to hard) Rob thinks over what may have made Laura cry. Rob calls her to say ""I Love You."" Laura tells Rob not to come home for an hour. (Millie ran out the hair color she use it all last week.)

    Directors:John Rich, Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  14. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episode 24 - One Angry Man
    8.1/10(405 votes)

    S1:E24

    Rob gets called for jury duty. Unbeknownst to Rob, Laura attends the trial. The defendant is an exotic dancer. Is she really innocent as only Rob believes? Is Rob going to be in a lot of trouble when he gets home?

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  15. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 2 - The Masterpiece
    8.1/10(368 votes)

    S3:E2

    Rob unwittingly bids on a painting at an auction, and when he gets it home, he uncovers another painting underneath that looks like a Grant Wood.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 7 - Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius?
    8.0/10(375 votes)

    S3:E7

    While working on a joke, Rob should be going to Alan's house to talk about the joke. After hitting himself on the head with a violin (a real one) Rob goes to a party. The party is in Red Hook, New Jersey!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  17. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 18 - The Curse of the Petrie People
    8.0/10(323 votes)

    S5:E18

    Laura gets a brooch that (in the shape of the United States) tells the history of the Petrie family. Laura later puts the brooch in the garbage! We learn that Rob's mom hates the brooch!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  18. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 19 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
    8.0/10(306 votes)

    S5:E19

    Mel is in trouble for not telling Alan that there was a change in the script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, But Mel gets fired.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:John Whedon

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  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 6 - Draw Me a Pear
    7.9/10(345 votes)

    S5:E6

    Laura talks Rob into going to her art class unaware that Valerie falls in love with Rob.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 18 - A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards
    7.9/10(335 votes)

    S3:E18

    Rob and friends play poker with marked cards that Rob was using to teach Ritchie some magic tricks.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:Ernest Chambers

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  21. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 26 - Scratch My Car and Die
    7.9/10(330 votes)

    S3:E26

    Rob has a new car that he loves and won't let anyone touch. When Laura takes Ritchie to school she gets a scratch on the car! When Rob finds out he wants to sue the person who did it.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:John Whedon

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  22. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 25 - A Day in the Life of Alan Brady
    7.9/10(302 votes)

    S5:E25

    Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, at the Petrie home one problem the party is a part of documentary that focuses on Alan.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Joseph Bonaduce

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  23. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 Episode 12 - Empress Carlotta's Necklace
    7.8/10(396 votes)

    S1:E12

    Rob buys Laura a hideous necklace but Laura can't bring herself to tell Rob how she really feels about it. When Rob invites his parents to see the necklace, his mother has a surprising reaction.

    Directors:James Komack, John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 15 - My Husband is the Best One
    7.8/10(332 votes)

    S3:E15

    Rob is interviewed by a reporter, but the resulting story gives him a little too much credit for comfort at the office, thanks to Laura’s input.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Martin Ragaway

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  25. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 3 Episode 22 - My Part-Time Wife
    7.8/10(328 votes)

    S3:E22

    Laura helps out at the office but drives Rob crazy while Sally is away.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Bill Persky, Sam Denoff

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Best Episodes Summary

"That's My Boy???" is the best rated episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. It scored 9.1/10 from 589 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Unknown, it aired on September 25, 1963. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth".

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